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S. L. LUTHER.

GLOVE.

No. 592,060. I Patented 001;. 19,1897.

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SARAH L. LUTHER, or BERLIN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF ro FRANK H. RUSSELL AND WILL o. RUSSELL, or SAME PLACE.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,060, d ted o t ber 19, 1897. Application filed April 24, 1897. Serial No. 633,143. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, S RAH L. LUTHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berlin, in the county of Green Lake and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves; and I'do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to gloves.

In the ordinary process of manufacturing cheap gloves the fingers are usually sewed directly to the body or hand portion of the glove, and when the gloves are subjected to rough usage the tendency of the fingers-to pull away from the body portion is very great,

and oftentimes the glove is rendered useless by the seam ripping at this point.

The object of my invention is to provide a glove at the connection of the fingers with the body portion with a strengthening or reinforcing welt or strip, which will prevent the ripping of the glove at the seam.

With this object in view the invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a glove embodying my inven-. tion, showing the reinforcing welt or strip applied to the two middle fingers of the glove and to the thumb Where said thumb and fingers join the body of the glove. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the welt and the glove. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the welt employed at the thumb-seam, and Fig. 4 is a similar .view of the welt employed at the finger-seam.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a glove of the usual construction.

2 denotes the welt to be applied to the thumb-seam. This welt is sewed to the glove at the time the thumb is attached, and completely covers the seam.

' '3 denotes the finger-Welt, which connects the front side of the glove to the inner ends of the front side of the middle fingers, and

has its terminal ends extending back of the index and middle fingers and secured thereto.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of a glove thus constructed will be apparent without requiring a further explanation. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatcut, is

The herein-described glove, the front side of the middle fingers of which is separate from the body portion of the glove, and a double welt connecting the body portion of the glove with the front side of the middle fingers and having its terminal ends secured at the back of the index and middle fingers, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH L. LUTHER. 

